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“Lovers had loved before, and lovers would love again; but no lover had ever loved, might, could, would, or should ever love, as I…

— Charles Dickens

“They lived under supervision, a life without men. Dora knew no men. You could scarcely see how she might meet one, let alone come…

— Shirley Hazzard

“Even Grace still imagined there might be words, the words that could reach Dora and that had so far, unaccountably, not been hit upon.…

— Shirley Hazzard

If I may so express it, I was steeped in Dora. I was not merely over head and ears in love with her, but…

— Charles Dickens

“Dora watched him for a while, nervously, and then returned to scanning the whole group. Seeing them all together like that she felt excluded…

— Iris Murdoch

“People's eyes light up when they talk about things they love. Dora's were radiant.”

— Sohn Won-Pyung

“Caro was coming round to the fact of unhappiness: to a realization that Dora created unhappiness and the she was bound to Dora.”

— Shirley Hazzard

“I'm going to kill Fairy Tale Dora and my little dog too.”

— Roger Rosenblatt

What a fool he must be who thinks that his El Dorado is anywhere but where he lives.

— Henry David Thoreau

“As he walked out into the North Carolina sunshine, Lola's hand in his, a smile curved one corner of his lips. Not so long…

— Rachel Gibson

“Of course, the marvels you hoped to find might not be waiting inside the covers, so then you closed the book, sorry that its…

— Cornelia Funke

“All was over in a moment. I had fulfilled my destiny. I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction!…

— Charles Dickens